Sør-Fron

Infobox_Kommune
name=Sør-Fron
idnumber=0519
county=Oppland
landscape=Gudbrandsdalen
capital=Hundorp
governor=Aksel Eng (Ap)
governor_as_of=2003
arearank=147
area=745
arealand=714
areapercent=0.23
population_as_of=2004
populationrank=257
population=3,292
populationpercent=0.07
populationdensity=5
populationincrease=-5.0
demonym=Frøning
language=Neutral
lat_deg=61| lat_min=34| lat_sec=8| lon_deg=9| lon_min=55| lon_sec=24
utm_zone=32V| utm_northing=6826503 |utm_easting=0549048| geo_cat=adm2nd




munwebpage=www.sor-fron.kommune.no

Sør-Fron is a municipality in the county of Oppland, Norway.

The old municipality of Fron was divided into Sør-Fron and Nord-Fron in 1851. (They were again merged in the period 1966-1977.)

On the north it is bordered by Nord-Fron municipality. On the West it is bordered by Øystre Slidre. To the south it is bordered by Gausdal and Ringebu. To the east it is bordered by Folldal and Stor-Elvdal municipalities in Hedmark county.

The name

The Norse form of the name was "Frón". The meaning of the name is unknown (maybe 'earth; land').

The meaning of "Sør-Fron" is '(the) southern (part of) Fron'. (The parish and municipality of Fron was divided in 1851.)

See also > Nord-Fron.

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1988). It shows the club that smashed to pieces the statue of the god Thor standing at Hundorp.

Rondane National Park

Rondane National Park, which lies partially in Sør-Fron, was the first Norwegian National Park, established in 1962. In 2003 Rondane National Park was enlarged and smaller areas of nature protection were opened or enlarged adjacent to the park.

Famous residents

The famous author and playwright Ludvig Holberg spent part of his youth at the parsonage in Sør-Fron, where he was tutored along with his cousin's children. His cousin was then the minister there.